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OKC057-065-TXC197-041915-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK

1019 AM CST THU MAR 4 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  HARDEMAN COUNTY IN NORTHERN TEXAS

  HARMON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA

  JACKSON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA



* UNTIL 115 PM CST



* AT 1019 AM CST...DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS

PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN EXTENDING FROM MANGUM TO ALTUS AND QUANAH

TEXAS.  TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS

THE WARNED AREA AND ANOTHER ONE TO TWO INCHES IS LIKELY OVER

THE NEXT THREE HOURS.  



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE ALTUS...ALTUS AIR FORCE BASE...

  CHILLICOTHE...DUKE...ELDORADO...ELMER...FRIENDSHIP...GOODLETT...

  GOULD...HOLLIS...LAZARE...MARTHA...MCKNIGHT...MCQUEEN...MEDICINE

  MOUND...OLUSTEE...QUANAH...VINSON AND WARREN



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.

AS LITTLE AS 6 INCHES OF WATER MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR

VEHICLE. TWO FEET OF RUSHING WATER CAN CARRY AWAY MOST VEHICLES

INCLUDING SUVS AND PICKUP TRUCKS. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER

SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 3423 10001 3410 9949 3443 9945 3449 9924

          3478 9922 3472 9966 3499 9998



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